Combined carrier case and stand



NQV- l3 1923.

A. S. SCHECHTER COMBINED CARRIER CASE AND STAND Filed Nov. 7, 1922 Ma a 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTORNEYS Nav. 13 1923. 11,474,11 7(1 A. S. SCHECHTER COMBINED CARRIER CASE AND STAND Filed Nov' 7, 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 C? By A TTORIVEVJ Nov. 13 1923.

11,414,376) A. s. SCHECHTER COMBINED CARRIER CASE AND STAND Filed Nov. '7, 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 ATTOR/VEK? Patented Nov. l3, E9223.

ABRAIE SAM SGHECIEITER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED CARRIER CASE AND STAND.

Application filed November To 107mm. 2'25 may concern.

Be it known that l, Ann/mi SAM Someonrna, acitizen of Poland residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have .inve ted certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Carrier Cases and Stands; and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description oi the invention such as will enable others skilled in the. art to which it appertains to make and use the same. reterenoe being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to characters or" reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates generally, to a combined portable and collapsible pail carrier and stand for paperhangers, painters and the like.

The invention has for its principal object to provide a simply constructed carrier or case, having arranged in the interior of its body a pail-like receptacle in which the user may mix paste or other liquid material necessary to the carrying on of his work. Another object of the invention is to provide in connection with the carrier or case a suitable cover therefor having a novel hinged relation to the main body of the carrier or case, in combination with which is arranged foldable or collapsible legs or standards whereby, when the carrier or case is opened to give access to the pail-like receptacle, and the cover folded back against the bottom of the main body of the carrier or case, said foldable or collapsible legs (which are normally folded or collapsed into the cover when not in use) may be unfolded or erected to provide a standard or support for elevating the carrier or case with the pail-like receptacle above the floor andconveniently to the hand of the user while at work. 1

Other objects of this invention, not at this time more particularly enumerated. will be clearly understood from the following detailed description of the same.

lVit-h the various objects of this invention in view, the same consists, primarily, in the novel construction of portable and collapsible pail or carrier and stand hereinafter set forth; and the invention consists, inrthermore in the novel arrangements and combinations of the various devices and parts, as well s in the details of the constraction of same all of which will be '7, 1922. Serial no. 599,487.

more full described in the following specification, and then finally embodied in the claims appended thereto.

The invention is cieariy illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the combined carrier case and stand when closed for carrying about tron] place to place; Figure 2 is a perspective view of the same with the cover portion open and folded back t'er the body oi? the carrier case; gure 8 is an inside plan view of the cover, s rowing the ioldable or collapsible standard elements folded into the same in inoperative positions; Figure 4; is a perspectiveview of the combined carrier case and stand open and with the standard elements unfolded out of the cover and erected in operative supporting relation to the case; Figure 5 is a vertical longitudinal section or the carrier case and stand in open and erected. position; Figure 6 is a fragmentary perspective of the cover section showing the method of attaching the foldable standard elements thereto; Figure 7 is a fragmentary detail section through a hinge connection between said cover and a standard element; Figure 8 is a fragmentary section through closed hinge connection joining the lower with the upper members of a standard element, and Figure 9 is a similar view with the members opened or erected; Figure 10 is a perspective detail of a standard loclnbar or stay; and Figure 11 is a perspective detail of a pail element for arrangement within the main body or the carrier case.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the hereinabove described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to said drawings. the ref.- erence. character 12 indicates the main body of a carrier case in the form of a hollow receptacle open at its upper side. Arranged within the interior of said main body or receptacle is a. pail-like container 13 having at its upper open end a laterally proecting flange 1 which extends to and abuts against the side walls of said main body. Said flange 14L is preferably shaped to slope or incline inwardly toward the mouth of said pail-like container 13.

The reference-character 15 indicates a cover member for closing over the open top of said main body 12. Said cover member 15 is provided its respective opposite sides, adjacent to its rear end, with hingelinks, vl6 pivotally attached thereto. The opposite ends of said hinge-links 16 are pivotally attached to the sides of said main body 12 adjacent to its rear end and at points intermediate the upper open end and the bottom of said main body. As thus pivotally connected with said main body by said hinge-links; the cover member may be turned over the upper open end of said main body in closed relation thereto (as shown in Figure l), or the same may be folded backwardly and downwardly and then under the bottom of said main body, with the inner side of the cover member facing downward (as shown in Figures 2, a, and 6 of the drawings). A means is provided for securing the cover member in either of the above described positions, said means comprising a latch strap 17 pivotally connected with the front edge-portion of the cover member, so that the same may be swung around sideways tobutton on a fixed headed stud or button 18 projecting from the front wall of said main body, in either position the cover member may occupy (as shown in- Figure l and in Figures 2 and 4:), said latch-strap 17 being provided adjacent to its free end with a slot or button-hole 19 to engage over said stud 18.

Secured to the front side of said main body, in any suitable manner, is a handlemember 20 of any suitable construction or design, whereby the main body may be carried when closed.

The foldable or collapsible standards or supports forming the stand element of the combined carrier case and stand. are associated with the cover member 15, so as to fold into the inner side of the latter when not in use. These stand elements comprise a pair of upper stand members 21 of V- shape, which are respectively secured by hinge-devices 22 to theinner side of the cover member 15 of the ends of the latter, and so that the same may fold down into the cover member, when not in use. but which when unfolded for use, will turn back against the sides 15 ofthe cover-member to respectively extend downwardly from each end of the latter. The apexes of said upper stand members'21 constitute the free outwardly swingable ends thereof. Foldably connected with the respective apexes of said upper stand members are lower stand members 23. Said lower stand members are of inverted V-shape when unfolded to operative position, and the apexes thereof are respectively secured 'to the apexes of said upper stand members by a hinge connection'24 which permits the same to be folded down 'against the outer sides of said upper stand 'members when the latter are folded into th'e-cover'member 15, but which will; fold-back; so that their apexes overlap the apexes of said upper stand members when the latter are swung out of the cover member to operative position and said lower stand members are extended downwardly in substantially vertical alinement with said upper stand members. The overlapping of the joined apexes of the upper and lower stand members tends tov prevent outward yielding of the extended standard when the same is erected. yielding of the hinged joints between the erected upper and lower stand members, there is provided a detachable lock-bar or stay 25 having indented notches '26 adjacent to its respective ends. Said lock-bar or stay is applied to extend horizontally between the erected standards so that the notches 26 thereof respectively'engage over the overlapped apexes of the joined upper and lower stand members, whereby the standards formed by the latter are not only heldagainst collapse, but are also reenforced and held against pivotal movement relative to the cover member 15. be understood, that variations may be made in the hinge connections between the upper and lower stand members and also in the connections between the latter and the lock bar or stay, without departing from the general principles and scope of this invention. The lower free ends of the legs of the lower stand members 23 are preferably joined together by lateral bars 27, which serve to stiffen and stabilize the said lower stand members.

As will be understood especially from an inspection of Figure 3 of the drawings, when lock-bar or stay is removed and the stand members are collapsed, the lower stand members 23 will fold outwardly and upwardly against the upper stand members 21, and the latter will foldinto the interior side of the cover member 15, whereupon the lock-bar or stay-25 is also laidin upon the iii-folded stand members,' and the partsretained in such collapsed and folded up position by a holding strap or tie 28 which is fixedly secured by one end'to the inside of j the cover member, and detachably secured at its opposite end to the cover member to extend over the in-folded stand members and lock-bar or stay.

W hen the stand members are thus folded into and secured "within the cover member. the latter may be swung downwardly and then reversed and swung upwardly into normal closedv relation to the open top of the main body 12, and after being secured in such In order to prevent breaking or It will closed position, the combined carrier ease and stand formsa neat and easily portable case enclosing both-the stand elements" and the pail-like element.

The advantages of the device are such that it provides a very convenient means wherebyfpaperhangersg painters', decorat oi s and other artisans may conveniently carry from place to place a. paste or other pail, always ready for use, while at the same time the stand elements, when erected, are adapt-- ed to support the pail when in use at an eleration more convenient to the reach of the workman. v

I am aware that some changes may be made in the several arrangements and combinations of the various devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction of the same, without departing from the scope of my invention as above described, and as defined in the appended claims. Hence, I do not limit my invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of parts set forth in said specification, nor do I confine myself to the exact details of the construction of said parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings. 7

I claim 1. A combined carrier case and stand, comprising a main body at its upper end, a cover member, a hinge means pivotally connecting said cover member to said main body so as to permit the former to be swung back and underneath the bottom of the latter with its inner side downward, means for securing said cover member either in closed position or in the above-mentioned opened position, and foldable standard elements hinged within said cover member and adapted to be unfolded out of the latter in erected operative position when said cover member is in said opened position.

2. A combined carrier case and stand, comprising a main body having an interior pail-like receptacle, a cover member, a hinge means pivotally connecting said cover member to said main body so as to permit the former to be swung back and underneath the bottom of the latter with its inner side downward, means for securing said cover member either in closed position or in the abovementioned opened position, foldable standard elements respectively hinged to opposite ends of said cover member so as to fold into the latter when collapsed, and means for interlocking said standard elements in operative erected position.

3. A combined carrier case and stand, comprising a. main body having an interior pail-like receptacle, a cover member, a hinge means pivotally'connecting said cover memher to said main body so as to permit the former to be swung back and underneath the bottom 01" the latter with its inner side downward, means for securing said cover member either in closed position or in the abovementioned opened position, foldable standard elements respectively hinged to opposite ends of said cover member so as to fold into the latter when collapsed, said standard elements each comprising an upper and a lower stand member hinged together so that the latter may told over upon the former when collapsed, and means for interlocking said standard'elemmts at the joints between said upper and lower stand members against collapse when erected in operative positions.

4:. A combined carrier case mid stand,

. comprising a main body having an exterior members being respectively hinged to the free ends of said upper stand members so as to fold back over the same when not in use, and a lock-bar for horizontal extension between said standard elements and adapted to co-operate with the hinged connections between said upper and lower stand members to hold the same against collapse when said standard elements are erected to operative position.

5. A. combined carrier case and stand, comprising a main body having an exterior handle portion, a cover member, hinge-links pivotally interconnecting said cover memher with said main body so that the former may be turned back and underneath the bottom of the latter, means for securing said cover member either in closed position or in the abovementioned opened position, collapsible standard elements each comprising'an upper stand member and a lower stand member, said upper stand members be ing respectively hinged to opposite ends oi said cover member so as to fold down into the latter when not in use. said lower stand members being respectively hinged to the free ends of said upper stand members so as to fold back over the same when not in use, a lock-bar for horizontal extension between said standard elements and adapted to cooperate with the hinged connections between said upper and lower stand members to hold the same against collapse when said standard elements are erected to operative position, and means connected with said cover member for retaining said standard elements and lock-bar foldedjnto the same when not in use.

6. A combined carrier case and stand, comprising a main body having an exterior handle portion, a cover member, hingelinks pivotally interconnecting said cover member with said main body so that the former may be turned back and underneath the bottom of the latter, means for securing tit" ''said cover member either in closed position v,

or in the above-mentioned opened position, collapsible standard elements each comprismg an upper stand member and a lower stand member, said upper stand members" being respectively hinged to opposite ends of said cover member so as to fold down into the latter when not in use, said lower stand members being respectively hinged to the free ends of said upper stand members so as to fold back over the same when not in use,

a lock bar for horizontal extension between said stancard elements and adapted to cooperate with the'hinged connections between said upper and lower stand members to hold the same against collapse when said standard elements are erected to operative position, and a pail-like receptacle arranged within said main body, said pail-like receptacle having a sloping flange extending; from its mouth to the walls of said main body. a

7. A combined carrier case and stand, comprising a main body having an exterior handle portion, a cover member, hinge links pivotally interconnecting said cover member with said main body so that the former may be turned back and underneath the bottom of the latter, means for securing said cover member either in closed position or in the above-mentioned opened position,

tween said standard elementsvand adapted V to cooperate with the hinged connections betweensaid' upper and lower stand members to hold the same against collapse when said standard elements are erected'to operative position, an dmeans connected with said cover member for' retaining said standard elements and lockbar folded into the same when not in use, and a pail-likereceptacle arranged within said main body, said paillike receptacle having a sloping flange extending from its mouth to the walls of said main body.

In testimony, that I claim the invention" set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day of November, 1922.

ABRAM SAM-SGHECHTER.

' Witnesses:

GEORGE. D. RICHARDS,

AnoLPH HANSEN. 

